9 files changed, 73 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c18ca5d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Git v1.7.1 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Updates since v1.7.0
+--------------------
+
+ * "git grep" learned "--no-index" option, to search inside contents that
+   are not managed by git.
+
+Fixes since v1.7.0
+------------------
+
+All of the fixes in v1.7.0.X maintenance series are included in this
+release, unless otherwise noted.
+
+---
+exec >/var/tmp/1
+echo O=$(git describe)
+O=v1.7.0-36-gfaa3b47
+git shortlog --no-merges ^maint $O..
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 2dc3a0583b..7103172ed3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ advice.*::
 		Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
 		your information is guessed from the system username and
 		domain name. Default: true.
+
+	detachedHead::
+		Advice shown when you used linkgit::git-checkout[1] to
+		move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
+		a local branch after the fact.  Default: true.
 --
 
 core.fileMode::
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 8707d0e740..60e922e6ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -117,12 +117,14 @@ any of those replacements occurred.
 	option and lists the commits in that commit range like the 'summary'
 	option of linkgit:git-submodule[1] does.
 
---color::
+--color[=<when>]::
 	Show colored diff.
+	The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
 
 --no-color::
 	Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file
 	gives the default to color output.
+	Same as `--color=never`.
 
 --color-words[=<regex>]::
 	Show colored word diff, i.e., color words which have changed.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 6b6c3da2d9..903a690f10 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-branch - List, create, or delete branches
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a]
+'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-r | -a]
 	[-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
 	[(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]]
 'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
@@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ OPTIONS
 -M::
 	Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists.
 
---color::
+--color[=<when>]::
 	Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches.
+	The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
 
 --no-color::
 	Turn off branch colors, even when the configuration file gives the
 	default to color output.
+	Same as `--color=never`.
 
 -r::
 	List or delete (if used with -d) the remote-tracking branches.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index ddfcb3d143..8bcd875a67 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	      [-A <author-conv-file>] [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-P <file>]
 	      [-C <git_repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>]
 	      [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commitlimit>]
-	      [-r <remote>] [<CVS_module>]
+	      [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS_module>]
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to
 export changes back to CVS again later with
 'git cvsexportcommit'.
 
+-R::
+	Generate a `$GIT_DIR/cvs-revisions` file containing a mapping from CVS
+	revision numbers to newly-created Git commit IDs.  The generated file
+	will contain one line for each (filename, revision) pair imported;
+	each line will look like
++
+---------
+src/widget.c 1.1 1d862f173cdc7325b6fa6d2ae1cfd61fd1b512b7
+---------
++
+The revision data is appended to the file if it already exists, for use when
+doing incremental imports.
++
+This option may be useful if you have CVS revision numbers stored in commit
+messages, bug-tracking systems, email archives, and the like.
+
 -h::
 	Print a short usage message and exit.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index c44724d03a..6305f6d82a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	   [-z | --null]
 	   [-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet]
 	   [--max-depth <depth>]
-	   [--color | --no-color]
+	   [--color[=<when>] | --no-color]
 	   [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
 	   [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
 	   [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] [<tree>...]
@@ -111,12 +111,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of
 	lines that match.
 
---color::
+--color[=<when>]::
 	Show colored matches.
+	The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
 
 --no-color::
 	Turn off match highlighting, even when the configuration file
 	gives the default to color output.
+	Same as `--color=never`.
 
 -[ABC] <context>::
 	Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B`
diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index 57db955bd4..6cafbe2ec1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ imap.preformattedHTML::
 	option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text,
 	format=fixed email.  Default is `false`.
 
+imap.authMethod::
+	Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server.
+	Current supported method is 'CRAM-MD5' only.
+
 Examples
 ~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index b9c4154e73..f1499bba88 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git show-branch' [-a|--all] [-r|--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
-		[--current] [--color | --no-color] [--sparse]
+		[--current] [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--sparse]
 		[--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
 		[--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics]
 		[<rev> | <glob>]...
@@ -117,13 +117,15 @@ OPTIONS
 	When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
 	current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
 
---color::
+--color[=<when>]::
 	Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit
 	corresponding to the branch it's in.
+	The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
 
 --no-color::
 	Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the
 	default to color output.
+	Same as `--color=never`.
 
 Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
 are mutually exclusive.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index 50f9e9ac17..312e3b2e2b 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
 `OPT__ABBREV(&int_var)`::
 	Add `\--abbrev[=<n>]`.
 
+`OPT__COLOR(&int_var, description)`::
+	Add `\--color[=<when>]` and `--no-color`.
+
 `OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var)`::
 	Add `-n, \--dry-run`.
 
@@ -183,6 +186,15 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
 	arguments.  Short options that happen to be digits take
 	precedence over it.
 
+`OPT_COLOR_FLAG(short, long, &int_var, description)`::
+	Introduce an option that takes an optional argument that can
+	have one of three values: "always", "never", or "auto".  If the
+	argument is not given, it defaults to "always".  The `--no-` form
+	works like `--long=never`; it cannot take an argument.  If
+	"always", set `int_var` to 1; if "never", set `int_var` to 0; if
+	"auto", set `int_var` to 1 if stdout is a tty or a pager,
+	0 otherwise.
+
 
 The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`.